| Core Competencies for Federal Facilities Asset Management Through 2020: Transformational Strategies Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Engineering and Physical Sci (Author), Board on Infrastructure and the Construc (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309114004 ISBN-13: 9780309114004 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: The U.S. government is faced with growing challenges to managing its facilities and infrastructure. A number of factors such as shrinking budgets, an aging workforce, and increasing costs demand new approaches to federal facilities management. The Federal Facilities Council of the NRC has sponsored a number of studies looking at ways to meet these challenges. This fourth study focuses on the people and skills that will needed to manage federal facilities in the next decade and beyond. The book presents a discussion of the current context of facilities management; an analysis of the forces affecting federal facilities asset management; an assessment of core competencies for federal facilities management; a comprehensive strategy for workforce development; and recommendations for implementing that strategy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 352.509 |
| LCCN: 2008297611 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.12" W x 8.9" (0.53 lbs) 121 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The U.S. government is faced with growing challenges to managing its facilities and infrastructure. A number of factors such as shrinking budgets, an aging workforce, and increasing costs demand new approaches to federal facilities management. The Federal Facilities Council of the NRC has sponsored a number of studies looking at ways to meet these challenges. This fourth study focuses on the people and skills that will needed to manage federal facilities in the next decade and beyond. The book presents a discussion of the current context of facilities management; an analysis of the forces affecting federal facilities asset management; an assessment of core competencies for federal facilities management; a comprehensive strategy for workforce development; and recommendations for implementing that strategy. |